A dynamic variety of leadership experts are scheduled to speak at this year's event, including: Glen Andresen (Executive Director of Minnesota Hockey); Bruce Boudreau (Minnesota Wild Head Coach); Melvin Carter (Saint Paul Mayor); Chad and Jenni Greenway; Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. (Senior Lecturer at the University of Minnesota in the area of social and behavioral sciences), Matt Majka (Minnesota Wild President); Trevor Moawad (Moawad Consulting Group President); Sam Smith (Prouty Project Vice President); Mike Snee (Executive Director of College Hockey, Inc.) and Jason and Carly Zucker.
Teams attending the Minnesota Wild Leadership Summit are asked to bring a team-signed hockey stick to be donated to the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital. The donated sticks will accompany signed sticks from NHL players and be permanently built into the
Zucker Family Suite and Broadcast Studio
at the hospital. It will include a state-of-the-art broadcast studio where programming produced will range from music request hours to game shows and celebrity visits. The space will also allow children and families to view Minnesota Wild games in a theatre, which will include a ticketed entrance, food and beverage and a large projection screen to simulate the experience of being at a hockey game.
FOX Sports North broadcasters Kevin Gorg and Audra Martin will host roundtable discussions during the event, which will be streamed live on
foxsports.com/north
.
The Minnesota Wild Leadership Summit is a free event supported by Minnesota Hockey, the Minnesota State High School League, the Minnesota Boys and Girls Hockey Coaches Associations, the Positive Coaching Alliance, NHL and NHLPA. The schedule and speakers for the Leadership Summit are subject to change.